Dissolution of antimony alloy, tin alloy and metallic germanium using nitric-hydrochloric-tartaric acids for ICP-OES

Tsutomu Shoji, Yûetsu Danzaki, Tetsuya Ashino, Hideyuki Konno, Kan Ichi Makabe

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Abstract

In determining the constituent elements of various alloys by ICP-OES, complete dissolution of the samples is indispensable. It is effective to use a dissolvent containing complexing agents to dissolve samples in which the constituent elements are easily hydrolyzed, because the hydrolysis of antimony and tin could be prevented by using a HNO3-HC1 mixture containing tartaric acid in these elements. By a dissolution method using a HNO3-HCl mixture containing tartaric acid, the constituent elements in antimony and tin alloys could be exactly determined without the hydrolysis of analytical elements. Furthermore, when a mixed dissolvent of 35 ml of HNO3 (diluted 1 + 1), 5 ml of HCl (diluted 1 + 1) and 1 g of tartaric acid was used, metallic germanium could be completely dissolved without volatilization as the chloride.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)709-712
Number of pages4
JournalBUNSEKI KAGAKU
Volume49
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Dissolution with nitric-hydrochloric-tartaric acids
  • Sb alloy
  • Sn alloy
  • Volatilization of Ge; ICP-OES

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry

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